Comments on: 10 Rules of Effective Self-Promotion http://escapefromillustrationisland.com/2010/01/19/10-rules-of-effective-self-promotion/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:21:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: 10 reglas de la auto-promoción efectiva « Como ser freelance http://escapefromillustrationisland.com/2010/01/19/10-rules-of-effective-self-promotion/#comment-12026 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:20:58 +0000 http://escapefromillustrationisland.com/?p=3247#comment-12026 [...] leer el articulo original en ingles aquí Share this:TwitterFacebookLike this:LikeBe the first to like this [...]

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]]> By: Tamara Campeau http://escapefromillustrationisland.com/2010/01/19/10-rules-of-effective-self-promotion/#comment-10947 Mon, 30 May 2011 11:22:36 +0000 http://escapefromillustrationisland.com/?p=3247#comment-10947 hello,

This is helpful info, I have sort of started calling publishers, and many of them say to send your work to an e-mail they then give you , they only want 1 or 2 pieces usually, color and b&w. One of my questions is how do u know afterwords if they keep the work? because i have done some research and they say usually to send some new update work at every 6 months about to the companies you contacted, but to the publishers i spoke to, they mostly said just send us 1 or 2 pieces and we will decide from then if we keep it! so do i send work later on still? or will it be annoying for them if they had rejected you before ! Another question is , what do i say when asked my experience, I’m a newbie , no experience as an illustrator (which i have been working on a lot this past year , to eventually have) but a lot as a realism painter! Should i mention sometimes my painterly side?

]]> By: Mike Nation http://escapefromillustrationisland.com/2010/01/19/10-rules-of-effective-self-promotion/#comment-10447 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:52:03 +0000 http://escapefromillustrationisland.com/?p=3247#comment-10447 Hello,

These are very good responses to something that I have found challenging for awhile now. Being an introvert myself, I do find it challenging because of shyness, to reach out and network myself and my work. These are clear cut resolutions here that I had never really thought of. I have my own website with my online portfolio that I am trying to get the word out about what it is I do and these are great tips to help get me there. Great information here!

Thanks,

Mikel Nation
http://www.mikelnationstudios.com
AiPod class of 2013

]]> By: Thomas James http://escapefromillustrationisland.com/2010/01/19/10-rules-of-effective-self-promotion/#comment-6146 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:01:50 +0000 http://escapefromillustrationisland.com/?p=3247#comment-6146 I definitely think that some artists can be successful in multiple styles. Here’s an article about segmenting your portfolio: http://escapefromillustrationisland.com/2010/05/03/fine-tuning-your-portfolio-part-3-segmenting/

Also, Christoph Niemann talks about his approach to working outside the bounds of style in Episode 38 of the Escape from Illustration Island Podcast – http://escapefromillustrationisland.com/2010/06/07/podcast-episode-38-christoph-niemann/

Hope this helps.
Thomas

]]> By: M.J.C. http://escapefromillustrationisland.com/2010/01/19/10-rules-of-effective-self-promotion/#comment-6128 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 08:28:46 +0000 http://escapefromillustrationisland.com/?p=3247#comment-6128 My big problem of all these points is that i’m not consistend and have a various style.
People who know my work recognize my style (they say) because it’s detailled and i use the same kind of colors.

But for somebody new, like an artdirector it can be confusing…
- I make cute children illustrations, happy, soft, funny.
- I make feminin, elegant, classy illustrations.
- And i make freaky disturbed, “dark” illustrations.

I don’t think that one is better than the other so it’s hard to focus on one. I also don’t want to focus on one style but let it grow over time. I’m thinking about splitting my portfolio in sections.

What do you think?

]]> By: Max Scratchmann http://escapefromillustrationisland.com/2010/01/19/10-rules-of-effective-self-promotion/#comment-4806 Tue, 18 May 2010 12:33:43 +0000 http://escapefromillustrationisland.com/?p=3247#comment-4806 Hi Frans, it doesn’t pay to get too comfortable using the internet as there is still no substitute for face to face meetings and physical mailings. Max

]]> By: Is your business smart enough? http://escapefromillustrationisland.com/2010/01/19/10-rules-of-effective-self-promotion/#comment-4105 Fri, 09 Apr 2010 15:35:30 +0000 http://escapefromillustrationisland.com/?p=3247#comment-4105 [...] and market it to the right people on a regular basis. You will benefit much more from a concrete strategy than a haphazard approach to [...]

]]> By: Frans Kusuma http://escapefromillustrationisland.com/2010/01/19/10-rules-of-effective-self-promotion/#comment-2679 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:12:04 +0000 http://escapefromillustrationisland.com/?p=3247#comment-2679 Awesome information! Concise and straight to the point. This is too something that I quite struggle with. Self promoting is quite daunting; but, it will get easier overtime. We live in a very fortunate time where everything is at your fingertip because of internet.

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